Which tyres do you recommend?

staggera99y

Hi all,

I use Schwalbe Hans Dampf for my forest trails which are superb, however with the wife and nipper we ride a lot of towpaths ( gravel/shingle/hard pack ) and the odd street to get to towpaths.
Which tyres in 26" would you recommend?
Schwalbe brand preferred but would consider others.

Look forward to your replies

Darrell

brucie45

Something like a Rocket Ron maybe, a bit thinner and less drag. Ideal for that sort of riding

lawman

Stick a Rock Razor on the rear, that'll speed things up a bit!!

photonic69

Smart Sams. Great tyre with almost continous tread on the centre band but plenty of knobblies on the edges for grip. My mate and I have been using them for XC and hairy downhills on Salisbury Plain. Cope well with grass, loam, clay, mud and fly on the tarmac. Can't fault them. Cheap as chips too.

kammybear

Don't bother with snakeskins or evo if it's for that sort of riding...maybe some performance rapid robs?

rockmonkeysc

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Smart Sams. Great tyre with almost continous tread on the centre band but plenty of knobblies on the edges for grip. My mate and I have been using them for XC and hairy downhills on Salisbury Plain. Cope well with grass, loam, clay, mud and fly on the tarmac. Can't fault them. Cheap as chips too.

Hairy downhill on Salisbury Plain? I have been riding around there for years and there is nothing remotely hairy (except the women of Warminster)

Cheap and nast nobby nics should do the job.

Antm81

RockmonkeySC wrote:

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Smart Sams. Great tyre with almost continous tread on the centre band but plenty of knobblies on the edges for grip. My mate and I have been using them for XC and hairy downhills on Salisbury Plain. Cope well with grass, loam, clay, mud and fly on the tarmac. Can't fault them. Cheap as chips too.

Hairy downhill on Salisbury Plain? I have been riding around there for years and there is nothing remotely hairy (except the women of Warminster)

+1 I've lived on the plain a few times, mostly just big open tracks from my experience although I'm yet to try tidworth bike park

photonic69

RockmonkeySC wrote:

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Smart Sams. Great tyre with almost continous tread on the centre band but plenty of knobblies on the edges for grip. My mate and I have been using them for XC and hairy downhills on Salisbury Plain. Cope well with grass, loam, clay, mud and fly on the tarmac. Can't fault them. Cheap as chips too.

Hairy downhill on Salisbury Plain? I have been riding around there for years and there is nothing remotely hairy (except the women of Warminster)

Cheap and nast nobby nics should do the job.

Well the bit I mean is from the water tower down to the west end of Pear Tree Lane. Very steep. Very rutted. Very loose top soil and gravel at the bottom. A few weeks ago one of the ruts was about 3ft deep with clay at the bottom where an off roader had been stuck. Also some v steep bits in the woods to the west of this. Plenty of steep grassy slopes in the Imber range. If cheapo Smart Sams can cope with that and Tarmac then the op can't go far wrong.

Cqc

Antm81 wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Smart Sams. Great tyre with almost continous tread on the centre band but plenty of knobblies on the edges for grip. My mate and I have been using them for XC and hairy downhills on Salisbury Plain. Cope well with grass, loam, clay, mud and fly on the tarmac. Can't fault them. Cheap as chips too.

Hairy downhill on Salisbury Plain? I have been riding around there for years and there is nothing remotely hairy (except the women of Warminster)

+1 I've lived on the plain a few times, mostly just big open tracks from my experience although I'm yet to try tidworth bike park

Well, tidworth bike park is certainly challenging- maybe a bit too much so in the wet- drainage isn't its forte

rockmonkeysc

Tidworth isn't bad. Horrible in the wet though.

Cqc

Exactly